Garfield Minus Garfield Plus Schadenfreude

By Brett on September 17, 2010

Though the Cubs just swept the Cardinals, it’s still been a painful season on the North Side. Sometimes, it helps to observe what’s happening on the South Side.

And if you’re wondering what the heck this is all about, read up here.

Posted in Cubs Humor

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Freshness21 That hit in the 5th helps save us from any "you can't take him out with a no-no going" discussion thankfully. – May 21, 8:46 PM
Fastball Well he is not Donnie Moore or Felix Hernandez so we don't have to worry about him going somewhere and turning into a world... – May 21, 8:39 PM
Rich H I think that it is a dinosaur that wrote the piece and he thinks that Dusty Baker and his clog the base path idea... – May 21, 8:26 PM
Bob Johnson Really shocked it was Bowden. He was one of our better relievers the second half of last year. His velocity may be down but... – May 21, 8:04 PM
Drew7 Oops - should be a reply to CJ's post. – May 21, 7:52 PM
Drew7 Fangraphs had a great article addressing that piece. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-myth-of-the-passive-hitter/#more-124665 Seemed like really lazy writing on Verducci's part. Basically looking at first-pitch swing rates and... – May 21, 7:50 PM
KidCubbie What's gotten into the pitchers lately? Guess they are not content to leave it up to our hitters. It's fun to watch that's for... – May 21, 7:44 PM
Timothy Scarbrough Garza picks up the bat and continues the tradition of Cubs pitchers inexplicably helping themselves out immensely. – May 21, 7:38 PM
Cyranojoe This is such a lovely response... – May 21, 7:28 PM
Cyranojoe You're right, it's 2 years, $5 mil. – May 21, 7:27 PM

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